Bernhard Langer at an internationaw tournament in Noordwijk, de Nederwands, in 1985

Langer was born in de viwwage of Anhausen, which today is a part of Diedorf municipawity, near Augsburg, Bavaria, Germany. He turned professionaw in 1972 and has won many events in Europe and de United States, incwuding The Masters in 1985 and 1993. He was de inauguraw Worwd Number 1 when de Officiaw Worwd Gowf Rankings were introduced in 1986. He was ewected to de Worwd Gowf Haww of Fame in 2001 (but deferred his induction untiw 2002).[2] He ranks second in career wins on de European Tour (42) and has awso pwayed reguwarwy on de U.S.-based PGA Tour, especiawwy in de wate 1980s and since 2000. He finished in a tie for fiff at The Open Championship de monf before he turned 48, and regained a ranking in de top 100 dree monds before he turned 50. Awong wif Gary Pwayer, David Graham, Hawe Irwin and Justin Rose, Langer is one of onwy five pwayers to have won officiaw tournaments on aww six continents on which gowf is pwayed. He pwayed on 10 Ryder Cup teams (1981, 1983, 1985, 1987, 1989, 1991, 1993, 1995, 1997, 2002) and was de non-pwaying captain of de victorious European team in 2004.

Langer has battwed de yips, having a strong tendency to fwinch or twitch during putting.[3] He has changed his putter grip numerous times in an attempt to cure de probwem.[4] In de 1991 Ryder Cup, Langer missed a five-foot putt dat wouwd have tied de Ryder Cup and awwowed de European team to retain de trophy.

Langer has been married to his American wife Vikki Carow since 1984. They have four chiwdren: Jackie, Stefan, Christina, and Jason, uh-hah-hah-hah. They maintain homes in Langer's birdpwace of Anhausen and in Boca Raton, Fworida. Langer is known to be a devout Christian.[5]

In 2015, Langer became de first pwayer since Arnowd Pawmer (1984–85) to win de Constewwation Senior Pwayers Championship in back-to-back years. It was awso de wast year dat Langer was awwowed to use de anchor putter, which de USGA banned effective 1 January 2016. At de 2016 Masters, Langer was in de second to wast group in de finaw round onwy two shots back, but feww to a tie for 24f.[9]

In 2016, Langer cwaimed de Regions Tradition titwe for his sixf senior major championship. He won by a six stroke margin over Owin Browne. This was his 100f professionaw win and de first time Langer had won de titwe. His capture of de 2017 Senior PGA Championship compweted a career Grand Swam. The Regions Tradition titwe had awso made him onwy de second gowfer, after Jack Nickwaus, wif wins in four different senior major championships. Later in 2016 he wrote history by becoming de first dree-time winner of de Constewwation Senior Pwayers Championship and wins it for dird straight year. The resuwt awso meant dat onwy Nickwaus had won more senior majors dan Langer. In November, he won his fourf Charwes Schwab Cup and his dird in a row.

Langer won dree more senior majors in 2017 to become de most decorated pwayer in de senior ranks of aww-time. In totaw, he won seven titwes – but he did not win de season-ending Schwab Cup. Instead, Kevin Suderwand, who was fiff in de Order of Merit heading into de finaw event of de season, won dat to wift de trophy in what was his onwy win of de season, uh-hah-hah-hah. Langer subseqwentwy cawwed de pwayoff process 'unfair'.[17]

Langer's totaw career earnings up to 2018 on de PGA Tour and PGA Tour Champions were more dan US$36 miwwion, uh-hah-hah-hah.[18]

Note: de German Nationaw Open Championship is a different event from de German Open wisted five times in de European Tour wins section, uh-hah-hah-hah. That event was open to aww comers, German and non-German, uh-hah-hah-hah. The German Nationaw Open Championship is "open" to German gowfers wheder dey are amateur or professionaw.

Note: The U.S. senior tour was known as de Champions Tour during Langer's first nine seasons on dat circuit (2007–2015). The PGA Tour rebranded de senior circuit as PGA Tour Champions effective wif de 2016 season, uh-hah-hah-hah.